Improved pocket for railway-car seats



S. SIMONSON. Car-Seat Pocket.

Patented Aug. 31', 1869.

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SIGMUND SIMONSON, OF BRIDGEPORT, CONNECTICUT.

Letters Patent No. 94,448, dated August 31, 1869.

IMPROVED POCKET FOR RAILWAY-CAR SEATS.

The Schedule referred to in these Letters Patent and making part O the To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, SIGMUND Snuonson, of Bridgeport, in the county of Fairfield, and State of Connecticut, have invented a new and useful Reversible Pocket for Railway-Car Seats; and I do hereby declare that the following is a full, clear, and exact description of the same, reference being had to the accompanying drawings, which form part of this specification, and in which are represented a side and an edge view of my reversible pocket attached to the back of a railway-car seat.

The object of this invention is to provide for railwaypassengers a more convenient means of carrying their smaller parcels and packages while on the cars than is at present provided, and to this end my invention relates to the combination, with the back of a railway-car seat, of a pocket, whereby said provision is made.

. It consists in the novel construction of said pocket, whereby the same may be inverted when the back of the seat has been reversed.

It furthermore consists in the combination, with the pocket, of a spring-clamp or clamps, whereby provision is made for holding the travelling-ticket outside of the said pocket, where it may be exposed to the view of the conductor when passing.

Referring'to the accompanying drawings A represents the back of the car-seat.

B is a web, 'of netting or other suitable material, surrounded by and secured to a metal frame, C, which is attached to the rear side of the back A, so as to form one side of the pocket while the back of the seat forms the other.

.To provide for reversion of the backs of the seats, the metal frame 0, which is of a form somewhat resembling the letter U, is hinged by its extremities to the back A, by means of hinges g g, placed in or near the longitudinal centre line of the back, so as to allow of its being turned either way, and its opposite or doubled extremity secured at either positiod, up or down, by means of any suitableform of spring latch, such as shown at f f.

The webbing li may be composed of cloth, leather, or other suitable material, but it is preferred to make it of netting, so that articles placed therein may be easily seen through the netting, and consequently not so likely to be forgotten and left.

This netting B is provided on its upper side, or on that side which forms the mouth of the pocket, with an elastic binding, 0, so as by its yielding nature to allow articles to be more easily inserted, and, by afterward contracting, to retain them moresecurely in the pocket.

D is a spring-clamp arranged upon the flat surface of the frame 0, and under which may he slipped an end or a corner of the passengers travelling-ticket, so as thereby to keep said ticket exposed to the view of the approaching conductor, for the purpose of relieving, if possible, said passengers ears of the frequent repetition of Yourticket, sir.

- What I claim as my invention, and desire to have secured by Letters Patent, is-

1. Thecombination, with the back of a railway-car seat, of a pocket, which may be inverted when the hack of the seat is reversed, substantially as herein described.

2. The combination, with the frame 0, and with the back of the seat, of hinges g g and spring-latches f f,

whereby provision is made for the inversion of the pocket when the back has been reversed, substantially as herein described.

3. The combination, with the pocket, of a springclamp or clamps D, for holding the travelling-ticket, substantially as specified.

SIGMUND SIMONSON.

Witnesses:

FRED. Haynes, J. W. OooMBs. 

